Fathers Day and Mothers Day combined...

I am one lucky girl. I still have both my parents, and I get to spend quite a bit of time with them! My dad was born in 1937 and my mother in 1940 (sorry mom!)

Looking at this picture taken of my mother when she came home from the hospital on the Homestead in Northern Alberta, I can almost believe the stories she tells of walking uphill to school both ways!


Mom was a farm girl, from Scottish, Norwegian and French roots. She loved growing up on the farm, even through the war they had lots of food as they grew it all themselves. She had favorite horses, cats, and even a little dog, Tippy. Although mostly her mean nasty little brothers got to play with it!
Her big sister, Eileen, is 9 years older then her, and still lives up in Northern Alberta, not far from the old homestead!
She had 4 younger brothers, Bennie, Chum, (real name Kerry like me), Donald and Herbie. Only two are still alive, and I think she misses them daily still.

My dad, on the other hand, grew up very poor from a single mother and one older sister, Marjorie (no longer alive) on the city streets of Winnipeg and then Toronto. Pure Ukrainian background (or whatever the country borders were at the time there...) Dad had to work from a very young age to bring in money to help support the family. They did indeed, eat ketchup sandwiches for dinner many times. Dad had a bicycle when he was quite young that he could only ride for delivering telegrams or groceries, stuff that brought in money, as it might get broken!


They both joined the air force when they were old enough, and I believe met each other up in Goose Bay Labrador. I am sure there was not much else to do up there besides meet people!!!!




They were married in 1959. Rumor has it that dad gambled all his money away when going up to Alberta for the wedding and MOM had to lend him money! Surprised she did not turn and run!


A military career that took them all over the world, and three amazingly beautiful and smart kids they thanked god for EVERY single day of their life! Yep, that is me in the middle with my sister Sydney (9 years younger) and brother Danny (3 years younger). Notice I made sure I picked an older picture when we were all skinnier????



My dad is so cute...He has this little camera that he wears on his belt buckle, I would be surprised if it is not the earliest model of digital! And whips it out like he is pulling out a gun to take pictures!
He has it on in this picture of them on Anegada awhile ago....
My mom is so cute too...She loves getting dressed up in sparkles and bling, and loves flowers and plants. Poor women got my sister and I who could care less about either of those two things. Come to think of it, neither can my brother....

But, we love them both and are very glad to have them still in our life, and hope they stick around for a lot longer..... We turned out to be just as lucky to have them as they are to have us!


Here is to my parents, Constance Joan and Sidney George!